Towards New Worlds: Exploring Exoplanets with Next-Generation Missions
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Dr. Tyler D. Robinson
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science
Northern Arizona University
Towards New Worlds: Exploring Exoplanets with Next-Generation Missions
Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered to date, many with sizes or masses unencountered in our Solar System. Excitingly, we are entering into an era where a diversity of observational resources will be able to tell us what these distant worlds are like. Amongst such endeavors, exoplanet direct imaging presents a critical and well-understood path towards exploring worlds that may even be Earth-like. The development of direct imaging mission concepts is an exciting step forward for the field of exoplanet science, and this presentation will cover the science that would come from such a mission in the areas of planetary studies, habitability, and life detection.